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[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 119 points 1 week ago (5 children)

It really was nice while streaming lasted. Shame these companies continually allow greed to drive me back into the arms of piracy.

[–] Dogiedog64@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago

The open, loving arms of the 7 seas.

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ piracy is better anyway, I want full bitrate digital copies not compressed garbage.

Such a shame high bitrate full quality movies/TV shows will semi fade away as these asshole companies only stream their movies at 7 gigs an hour and never release physical media.

[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

40GB Pirates of the Caribbean just hits differently. The black pearl coming out of an actual mist and not layers of gray that slowly recede because of compression is very awesome. FullHD with proper bitrate is enough for my 2m projector image, too.

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 4 points 1 week ago

100% It boggles my mind that very apparent compression artifacts don't bother the average consumer.

I guess if you don't know what it is, you can't realize it is a flaw.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This is one reason why I still buy blu-rays and 4k blu-rays. I'm not a fan of downloading torrents that large, but I can get Criterion Collection blu-rays regularly on sale for $15-$20.

And for newer movies, like the Dune films, I was able to get 4k blu-rays for like $15

[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 week ago

If you stream torrented films from your computer to your TV you can get a much nicer bitrate

[–] Karjalan@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

I remember when an older netflix ceo talked about never having ads on the platform, there was some high and mighty principle about it... But then money!

[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Never stopped pirating, feeling vindicated rn 💪🏴‍☠️